Thomas James CASKEY

Regimental number7/318
AddressAkaroa
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Caskey, Fairlie
Rank on embarkationSaddler
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSaddler
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 24 December 1916
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Section B, Grave No 163), Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elizabeth and the late Thomas Caskey, Fairlie, New Zealand
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body